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Linda Brown, Ohio Woman, Pretends To Win Lottery, Causes Riot At Store

AP | MEGHAN BARR | Posted 10.15.2009 | Home

Read More: Lottery, Hoax, Shopping, Ohio Store, Hummer Limousine, Riot, Sgt. Lt. Michael Deakins, Lotto, Customers, Angry Customers, Burlington Coat Factory, Linda Brown, Home News

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A woman being driven around in a rented limousine pulled up at a coat store and announced she'd won the lottery and would pay f...

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Iran Sentences 3 To Death In Post-Election Mass Opposition Trial

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.10.2009 | World

TEHRAN, Iran — Three defendants in Iran's mass trial of opposition figures accused of fueling the country's postelection unrest have been senten...

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Anniversary: Chicago '68

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Police Brutality, Vietnam War Protests, Riot, 1968, Chicago, Yippies, Convention, Chicago News

All things converged to one night: tonight, forty-one years ago. The police found the fuse and lit it.

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Stark Contrasts In Denver On Eve Of DNC

Judah Freed | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Democratic Convention, Despair, Police Riot, Anti-War Movement, Hope, Police, Dances of Universal Peace, Police Brutality, Meditate 08, Riot, Peace, Spirituality, Denver, Protesters, Home News

As we passed the strong police presence around the Denver Convention Center I realized that my quiet home town now looks like the police state scenes in the most terrifying cyberpunk videos. Soon afterward, however, I arrived at the site of Meditate 08 where they spoke about the benefits of letting go of hate and fear within the self as a way of transforming society.